{"id":712598,"date":"2026-06-03T13:01:14","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T13:01:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/712598\/"},"modified":"2026-06-03T13:01:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T13:01:14","slug":"devin-haney-vs-keyshawn-davis-moves-closer-after-wbo-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/712598\/","title":{"rendered":"Devin Haney vs Keyshawn Davis Moves Closer After WBO Update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In its latest rankings, the WBO has officially installed <a href=\"https:\/\/boxrec.com\/en\/box-pro\/861063\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Keyshawn Davis<\/a> as the number one-ranked contender in the welterweight division.<\/p>\n<p>This cements Davis\u2019 position as the mandatory challenger to current WBO Welterweight Champion, <a href=\"https:\/\/boxrec.com\/en\/box-pro\/741718\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Devin Haney<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>It has been reported that Haney will soon be called to face his mandatory challenger, with August expected to be the target month. As a result, it now appears very likely that we will see Devin Haney vs Keyshawn Davis next.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/25dcdd40-7343-11f0-afff-232769adbfe9-1.webp\" alt=\"Keyshawn Davis\" class=\"wp-image-125704\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Following the announcement, Haney reacted on X with the words: \u201cLet\u2019s do it Keyshawn\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Keyshawn Davis last fought on May 16, defeating Nahir Albright by unanimous decision. However, controversy surrounded the fight as Davis missed weight for the second time in his career.<\/p>\n<p>His decision to move up to 147 has created the opportunity for what fans expect to be a fantastic matchup against Haney, who defeated Brian Norman Jr in November 2025 to become WBO Welterweight Champion.<\/p>\n<p>Therefore, the latest WBO rankings have moved Devin Haney vs Keyshawn Davis a significant step closer.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"536\" src=\"https:\/\/media.dave.sport\/boxingsocial\/2026\/06\/Devin-Haney-and-Keyshawn-Davis-1024x536.avif\" alt=\"Devin Haney vs Keyshawn Davis\" class=\"wp-image-125702\"  \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In its latest rankings, the WBO has officially installed Keyshawn Davis as the number one-ranked contender in the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":712599,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[571],"tags":[64,63,802,85],"class_list":["post-712598","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-boxing","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/712598","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=712598"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/712598\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/712599"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=712598"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=712598"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=712598"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}